Title 20 — Education
Chapter 68 — National Education Reform
§ 5982. Purposes
Statutory text
It is the purpose of this subchapter—
to encourage improved instruction for minorities and Native Americans in American government and civics through a national program of accredited summer teacher training and staff development seminars or institutes followed by academic year inservice training programs conducted on college and university campuses or other appropriate sites, for—
social studies and other teachers responsible for American history, government, and civics classes; and
other educators who work with minority and Native American youth; and
through such improved instruction to improve minority and Native American student knowledge and understanding of the American system of government.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Minority-Focused Civics Education Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–227 title VIII § 802 · 108 Stat. 125
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 5982
(Pub. L. 103–227, title VIII, § 802, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 209.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 103–227, title VIII, § 802, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 209.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 802. PURPOSES. It is the purpose of this title— (1) to encourage improved instruction for minorities and Native Americans in American government and civics through a national program of accredited summer teacher training and staff development seminars or institutes followed by academic year inservice training programs conducted on college and university campuses or other appropriate sites, for— (A) social studies and other teachers responsible for American history, government, and civics classes; and (B) other educators who work with minority and Native American youth; and (2) through such improved instruction to improve minority and Native American student knowledge and understanding of the American system of government.
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